But few were interested in what Bach had to say about the record number of participating National Olympic Committees (92) or broadcasting hours (140,000) for Pyeongchang. "What we have is a clear decision today and so everybody knows what the sanctions and decisions are".

Now a second athlete from the Olympic Athletes of Russia team (competing instead of the banned Team Russia - complicated, this) at the 2018 Winter Olympics has tested positive for a banned substance.

That ranked the OAR team sixth in terms of total medals but an unfamiliar 13th in terms of gold medals won, the measure for success used by most Russians. They have been the only two members to openly oppose Bach.

At the bobsleigh track on Saturday, Russian competitors were tight-lipped.

"They are taking over and will have to follow up on their cases which are still pending", he said.

Some athletes stayed behind later with the hope that they would be walking under the Russian flag. However, American biathlon athletes have chosen to speak out and boycott the upcoming World Cup final which is scheduled to be held in Russia because of the ongoing suspension of the Russian Anti Doping Agency (RUSADA).

The bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva's positive drug test the day before did not help Russia's cause.

Away from the politics, humanity's most extraordinary feats of winter athletic prowess unfolded, revealing the expected triumphs but also stars most unlikely - from favorites like Mikaela Shiffrin, Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn to sudden surprise legends like Czech skier-snowboarder Ester Ledecka and the medal-grabbing "Garlic Girls", South Korea's hometown curling favorites.

The IOC vote means that Russia will never be recorded as having taken part in the Pyeongchang Games despite the fact that the 168 Russians represented the fourth biggest delegation at the Games. That left the Russians unable to compete in relays in sports like biathlon and speedskating because it couldn't field enough athletes.

Asked if the Russian Federation saga could spill over to the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, Bach said the fight against doping will never end.

Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, has seemed to take the lead on the issue. He has also seemed hesitant to move against a powerful member like Russian Federation. During the interview she was wearing a shirt that read, "I Don't Do Doping".

The Russians will now leave the Olympics the way they entered: in neutral uniforms that provided a constant reminder of the damage done to Russia's sporting reputation by the scheme, a state-led effort to replace drug-tainted urine samples with clean ones, according to the investigations.

Her best worldwide performance before Saturday's feat was the sixth-place finish at the 2017 Asian Championships vault event. Ashish Kumar had won the nation its first-ever gymnastics medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The only previous Asian team to win an Olympic medal were China's women, who won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games . After the final event of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Norway and Germany both have 14 gold medals.

Trump sent several tweets about the Democrats' memo release Saturday before going on Jeanine Pirro's show, calling it a "BUST". Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released their rebuttal to the GOP memo that was declassified three weeks ago.

Huawei told us a cold boot to the desktop takes just 7.8 seconds - which, if we can verify to be accurate, is hugely impressive. As of the memory configuration, both devices pack 4GB RAM and offers three storage variants - 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB.

Williamson said at his pre-match press conference: "That comes back to the cricket we want to play, our plans, our styles". It was a good competitive game and I think we posted a really competitive score, courtesy of Root, Roy and Buttler.

The operation has raised tensions with Washington, which works closely with the YPG in the fight against jihadists in Syria. Muslim was arrested in Prague on Saturday, Turkish officials told state-run Anadolu news agency on condition of anonymity.

Guardiola had said in November: "If one day in prison was already too much, look how many days they've been there now". The yellow ribbon is to signify support for imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia.

This will open the door for a cold front sitting to our west to move closer to us, and bring us some rain chances. On Sunday night, another disturbance will bring the potential for off-and-on rain through Monday morning.

The tension mounted as Gigi Marvin scored for the United States , only to have Canada's Agosta answer on the next shot. Thursday marked the USA's first women's ice hockey gold since 1998 . "It's an awesome feeling", Rooney said .

Rahul is on a three-day visit to Karnataka, where assembly polls are expected to be held in April-May this year. This is Rahul second visit to the state after becoming the party president in December previous year .

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